Mike Bianchi: Yes, Mike Norvell should be on the hot seat, but FSU fans shouldn’t be pouring gasoline on it

The power went out at Doak Campbell Stadium on Monday night. And, really, could there be a more perfect metaphor for Florida State football? The lights went dark. The scoreboard disappeared. The Wi-Fi went down.

FSU power outage highlights dim, frustrating, but funny night at Doak

A transformer short caused a two-hour delay at the FSU and SMU game, forcing teams to play without key technology.

How ESPN, SMU radio scrambled to broadcast in a dark FSU stadium: ‘Going completely blind’

With Doak’s game clock defunct, ESPN peeled off one of its scorebug operators to shadow the officials, starting and stopping the on-screen time by hand, second by second. Commercial breaks became recalibration windows to check the official time and nudge the homemade version back into sync.

SMU, Rhett Lashlee Troll FSU Football After 27-24 Win In Tallahassee

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/fsu as SMU, Rhett Lashlee Troll FSU Football After 27-24 Win In Tallahassee. SMU was the only college football game on Labor Day and on primetime national television, and they didn't disappoint.

Five things we learned from FSU’s last-minute loss to SMU

According to OptaStats, SMU is the only FBS or NFL team in the past 30 years to have a -3 or worse turnover margin, twice as many penalties as the opponent, fewer rushing yards, a lower time of possession and missed more field-goal attempts than the opponent only to still win a football game.

FSU football final: Mustangs beat Seminoles with late FG, 27-24

The Florida State Seminoles play the SMU Mustangs in a Week 1 college football game. Follow for live score updates, injury news and instant analysis.

FSU squanders upset bid, falls to SMU 27-24 in ACC opener

Florida State football dropped its ACC opener to No. 19 SMU, 27-24, in a game that was delayed following a power outage.